When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
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A John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaks--the musical interludes between verses--longer for dancing. He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is When the Beat Was Born . From his childhood...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1596435402
ISBN13:9781596435407
Release Date:August 2013
Publisher:Roaring Brook Press
Length:32 Pages
Weight:0.98 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 10.1" x 10.1"
Age Range:6 to 10 years
Grade Range:Grades 1 to 5
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